The old man looked at me and smiled slightly, and after being silent for a few seconds, he replied, "Boy, although this puppet is unpredictable and not easy to deal with, on the whole, it is not out of the category of ghosts and ghosts. Even if it is such a gloomy and pickled thing, it is destined to see the light of day, and it will never be able to enter the temple. ”

"So if you want to restrain this beautiful puppet, the method is actually very simple, as long as you have righteousness in your chest and are not afraid of adultery, this monster can have very little impact on you. Although you were forced to kneel to this monster, boy, and the coercion of the ancestors of the past generations has been somewhat affected, as long as you can be firm in your heart in the future, and unconsciously bewitch your mind, so that you are trapped in prison without knowing it, this kind of thing will not happen again. ”

As soon as I heard the words "I see...... I understood. If you want to be unaffected, there is actually no intuitive and effective way, in the final analysis, you still need to be hard to strike iron, only when the mind is firm to a certain extent, the impact will be reduced accordingly, and it is not something that can be achieved overnight.

"Although that Yan puppet is not easy to deal with, no matter what you say, it is from the art of painting spirits after all, so no matter how much demagogic power she has over ordinary people, or even masters of other factions, she is destined to be a clown in front of the spirit painter, and she only has the share of seclusion, so there is nothing to worry about. As the boy goes farther and farther in the way of painting spirits, and comprehends more and more things, she will have less and less chance to confront you head-on, but ......"

"Then how did this demon soul come about?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but subconsciously blurt out a question, and then realized that such a question seemed to violate a big taboo, after all, the lesson of the "soul suppression ruler" was still vivid, and hurriedly said: "Master, don't be angry again, otherwise it is not good to damage the body, the disciple has no other meaning, that is, since he is the descendant of the ancestor and the descendant, he should have a certain understanding of the monster that is born with the painting spirit, and the disciple himself will encounter it, so that there is a way to suppress it, and continue to pass it on." If this is not something that current disciples should know, Master, you just didn't ask me, if you really can't do it, you can punish me and beat me, as long as you don't get angry. ”

I thought I was covering my head and covering my brain, so I asked a question that I didn't like to find myself, but I didn't expect to explain carefully and nervously, but I found that the old man didn't mean to be displeased at all, and he still looked at me with a gentle smile, and couldn't help but be stunned again, and I couldn't understand what medicine the old man was selling.

"Sure enough, it's a silly boy, I've been scared by the teacher......" just looked at me with a smile like this, and it lasted for a while, until I became more and more uneasy in my heart, and the old man finally spoke again, completely doting and distressed, and faintly self-reproaching tone, which made my heart suddenly even more bottomless.

Such a gentle and kind attitude to the extreme, to be honest, has been too long gone, so long that I have even forgotten a little, the old man still has the extreme warmth of this side, because only in the first year or two when I first apprenticed to the teacher, followed him to the provincial capital, I was still very unfamiliar with everything, and I was extremely insecure in my heart, and then I became more and more strict, more and more unsmiling, at least less and less smiling at me. So this feeling that had been lost for so long reappeared, and my mind suddenly returned to that time, and at the same time, it seemed to be unreal.

Although the old man's attitude has always been gentle since he saw me today, and he has changed the vicious spirit that almost killed me that night, he still dare not believe that it is true. Maybe this is the so-called once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope.

"Didn't you already say it just now, you are now a real thirty-sixth generation painter, and you have begun to officially inherit the mantle, so like Yan Puppet, a monster that was born with the master and cannot be cut down and burned endlessly, naturally you must tell you at the same time, including the origin of this monster and the method of suppression, it is not missing at all, and even the method of refining must be included in it. But it's just because of today's limited time that the teacher didn't plan to talk to you, and I just wanted to tell you completely after you got better. Knowing that I was already a frightened bird at this time, the old man stopped selling guanzi, and said with a goatee and a smile.

"Huh?" Finding out that this was the case, my eyes suddenly widened, and I felt a little incredible, "But Master, didn't you say that the monster of the Yan Puppet is a great evil thing, and the orthodox heirs, let alone refining, even if they have even the slightest hint of contempt, it is equivalent to falling into the Demon Dao, and the master will never allow such a thing to happen?" If this is the case, how can he also tell his disciples about the method of refining? ”

"Has the teacher ever said such a thing?" The old man asked with a smile.

"Ahh Didn't you? It seems like.. Yes... Faced with the old man's rhetorical question, I couldn't help but be stunned again, grinning and enduring the pain, raising my hand and scratching my head and thinking for a while, I couldn't remember whether the old man had clearly said such a thing, as if there was, and as if there was no.

"It doesn't really matter if you have it or not, anyway, you will understand it when you get there, just think it's a teacher." The old man's smile today is indescribable, as if he wants to make up for the care owed to my disciple for so many years at one time: "Although I have no intention of telling you the origin of the monster of the Yan puppet today, but since you have already asked, boy, let's tell you some first, so as to satisfy your curiosity for so long, and wait for more time in the future, and it will not be too late to tell you when your body has been raised." ”

After smiling and looking at me with a curious face, the old man continued: "Actually, I can't tell you much today, because you are still injured, and it is not good to know too much at once." In short, you just need to know that whether it is a Yan puppet or a killing puppet that is more difficult to refine, it all comes from the "soul detention" in the three techniques of painting spirits. ”

"Three Techniques of Painting Spirits? Soul Arrest? "The moment I heard the word "soul", I only felt a shock in my heart, and even my soul seemed to tremble slightly, and I felt a faint coolness.

Although in that thick book of "Soul Atlas", there are many pictures such as drawing souls and detaining souls, suppressing souls and killing souls, but the moment I heard the word "soul detention" from the old man's mouth, I was very sure that this belonged to the "soul detention" in the painting of spirits, and it was very different from the soul detention, which was not the same thing at all.

"Yes, Soul Arrest." Speaking of the greatest possibility of being the biggest secret of the Spirit Painting School, the smile on the old man's face unconsciously retracted a little, became serious, and nodded: "The complete statement, called the "Soul Detention Palm Spirit Chapter", is the most domineering and evil of the three techniques of painting spirits, and it is also the origin of all the evil arts that really deserve to be painted spirits, that is, the so-called way of painting spirits and evil. ”

Originally, this method only existed in Patriarch Li Changmeng's mind. After discovering that the spirit painting technique he created could derive the extremely domineering and evil nature of "soul detention", which was extremely suitable for evil and harmful methods, the founding patriarch immediately sealed it, and originally planned to never talk to anyone and never grant it to any disciples. However, Wu Yue, who was talented and intelligent, discovered the existence of this evil method by himself after him, and secretly studied it in his heart, completely opening the door to painting the evil way of the spirit, and finally caused chaos in the world, so that the master invited a catastrophe. In order to prevent the emergence of a new "Wu Yue" in the future, and the orthodox painting spirit is completely unable to compete with it, Patriarch Li Changmeng had no choice but to set up a separate "Soul Detention Palm Spirit Chapter", as a secretary and the orthodox painting spirit passed down together, collectively known as the three techniques of painting spirits. ”

But after it was turned into a single lineage, it was only passed down to the third generation, and the second-generation patriarch Chen An, who was more than 100 years old at the time, found that the "Soul Detention Chapter" was too harmful, and it was extremely easy to lead people astray and become treacherous people. ”

But there is no written record, and it is destined that in the inheritance of each generation, there will inevitably be a lot of omissions, so to this day, the "Soul Detention Chapter" is probably only a general outline left, and there is too much content missing, but it is still domineering and evil. Because in the final analysis, the difference between good and evil in painting spirituality is only separated by a thin layer of window paper, which can be broken with a slight stab. So the missing ones are just the dark and long corridors behind the window paper, hidden on both sides of the secret doors, as long as the corridors are still there, those secret doors are just insignificant things. ”

"Because the corridor is dark and endless, at least no one has groped for the end so far, so even if future generations can't find it, those secret doors that have been opened by predecessors, as long as you go down, you will be able to find and open the secret doors that suit you sooner or later. Therefore, when Patriarch Li Changmeng created the art of painting spirits, he was severely reprimanded by Taoists as an evil art, which is actually not unreasonable. ”

"And the layer of paper that sticks around the Yongdao crossing, distinguishing the good and evil of the painting spirit, is actually the difference between the normal soul and the monk who still belongs to the yang world......"

It turns out that among all the painting techniques, there are three categories and three painting methods, which is what the old man called the "three techniques of painting spirits". One of them is "Introduction", called "Spiritual Introduction", that is, I have been painting for more than ten years, and every time I need to add such and such materials to the ink to successfully attract spirits, which is not much different from "ghost painting talismans". This is the foundation of the three techniques of painting spirits, and every disciple must go through this basic stage in order to learn the true art of painting spirits, which is essential.

The second is "Ling", called "Ling's Soul Chapter", which is the one I used when I painted the "Fierce Cat Picture" that night. This is the real painting of the spirit, not every disciple can learn, need to first pass some screening and testing from the master, eliminate the wrong mind or the will is not strong, select the moral and strong, the heart is firm, and successfully give birth to the breath of the painting spirit, get the approval and blessing of the ancestors, in order to be called the real painting spirit heirs.

In other words, in fact, the old man's test of me began a long time ago, or rather, my test has been going on ever since he took me under his wing. The reason why I was able to see him with my own eyes later, use the method of "soul ordering" to draw pictures, and come into contact with the real painting art is the result of my successful passing of the test. If he thinks that I am not good enough morally, and my mind is not firm enough, and I belong to a person who is easy to go astray, I will never be able to come into contact with the real painting spirit for the rest of my life. It will not be treated as a disciple who has entered the demon, but the road to painting spirit art can only go here, and the "spirit introduction chapter" that has been learned will also be withdrawn.

"Retracted?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and I couldn't understand the meaning of this "recycling".

However, the old man, apparently not telling me what exactly I meant by "recycling" at the moment, looked at me and smiled, then skipped the question and continued to talk about his.

In short, only after passing the many screenings and tests of the master can the disciples be qualified to contact the "Soul Chapter" and master the true painting technique. Although this does not completely eliminate the situation of disciples falling into the evil path after becoming a spirit painter, to a certain extent, it also reduces the risk a lot. In other words, excluding those disciples who failed to pass is essentially for their good, after all, if you become a spirit painter and then enter the demon, you will definitely not be allowed by the master, and you will be directly wiped out. In comparison, the recovery of the "Spiritual Attraction Chapter" that has been taught is much more gentle.

Returning to the old man's main topic, the last of the three techniques of painting spirits is "detention", called "Detention of the Soul and Soul Chapter". This is the origin of the evil path of painting spirits, the basis of all evil arts, and the biggest difference from the "Soul Chapter" is that the objects used in the "Soul Detention Palm Spirit Chapter" are all "living souls", that is, people or animals that are still alive, and even some still life objects with aura. Since this kind of target is a living creature with flesh and blood and still alive, it will be much more difficult to introduce its soul into the painting, and it is not enough to rely on the "soul order" alone, it needs to be extracted from the body or the carrier first, so on the basis of the "soul order", a more domineering and extremely evil "soul holding spirit chapter" is derived.

As the name suggests, the soul of a person or animal is directly extracted and imprisoned in the spirit diagram, and it is controlled to achieve various purposes. The mere act of imprisoning living souls is already an out-and-out evil art.

Unfortunately, I did that night.

In other words, the first picture I drew from a disciple to a true spiritual painter was not a normal spiritual diagram, but an outright evil diagram. It's no wonder why the old man was so angry that he almost beat me to death.

Because I am the only one who paints the soul, including all the disciples in that short period of glory, and the first picture that comes up is the disciple of the Soul Trapping Evil Picture......